?Yu Yu Stap Askem Se, “?Wehem Jeova?”?
?Yu Yu Stap Askem Se, “?Wehem Jeova?”?
“Oli go farawe long mi . . . Mo oli no talem se, ‘?Wehem Jeova?’”—JEREMAEA 2:5, 6, NW.
1. ?Wanem i stap long tingting blong ol man taem oli askem kwestin ya, “Wehem God?”
“?WEHEM God?” Plante man oli bin askem kwestin ya. Sam long olgeta oli stap traem nomo blong kasem stret ansa blong wan kwestin long saed blong Man We i Wokem Yumi, hemia se: ?Hem i stap wea? Samfala oli askem kwestin ya afta we wan bigfala trabol i kasem plante man. No maet oli askem, taem olgeta nomo oli harem nogud long wan trabol, mo oli no save from wanem God i no tekemaot trabol ya. Samfala oli no askem kwestin ya nating, from we oli no bilif long God.—Ol Sam 10:4.
2. ?Hu ol man we oli karem gudfala frut taem oli traem faenem God?
2 I tru, plante man oli agri se God i stap, from we oli luk plante samting blong soemaot se hem i stap. (Ol Sam 19:1; 104:24) Sam long ol man ya oli harem gud nomo blong stap long wan skul, nomata wanem skul ya. Be plante milian man long olgeta ples blong wol, oli traem blong faenem trufala God. Bigfala lav blong trutok nao i pulum olgeta blong mekem olsem. Traehad blong olgeta i no blong nating nomo. “God ya i no stap longwe long yumi nating.”—Ol Wok 17:26-28.
3. (a) ?Ples we God i stap long hem, hem i wea? (b) ?Kwestin ya long Baebol se, “?Wehem Jeova?” i minim wanem?
3 Taem wan man i rili faenem Jeova, hem i kasem save se “God, hem i Spirit.” Hemia i min se yumi no save luk God. (Jon 4:24) Jisas i singaotem trufala God se “Papa blong mi long heven.” ?Tok ya i minim wanem? Hem i min se ples blong ol spirit man we Papa blong yumi i stap long hem, i antap olgeta, olsem we prapa skae i antap long wol ya. (Matiu 12:50; Aesea 63:15) Nating se yumi no save luk God wetem prapa ae blong yumi, be hem i mekem rod blong yumi savegud hem. Mo yumi save kasem plante save tu long saed blong ol samting we bambae hem i mekem oli kamtru. (Eksodas 33:20; 34:6, 7) God i ansa long kwestin blong ol man we hat blong olgeta i stret, taem oli wantem save from wanem yumi stap laef. Long saed blong ol samting we oli joen wetem laef blong yumi, God i soemaot rod blong yumi kasem save long ol tingting blong hem. Olsem nao, yumi save wanem tingting blong hem long wan bisnes, mo yumi save sipos samting we yumi wantem mekem i laenap wetem ol samting we hem bambae i mekem. Hem i wantem se yumi askem hem long saed blong ol samting ya we oli joen wetem laef blong yumi, mo i wantem se yumi traehad blong faenem ol ansa. Ol man Isrel bifo oli no askem long Jeova. Taswe hem i yusum profet Jeremaea blong tok strong long olgeta. Oli save nem blong God, be oli no askem se, “?Wehem Jeova?” (Jeremaea 2:6, NW) Oli no tingbaot fastaem ol samting we Jeova i wantem. Oli no stap lukaot hem blong i lidim olgeta. Taem yu yu mas tekem ol bigfala disisen mo ol smol disisen, yu yu stap askem se, “?Wehem Jeova?”
Olgeta We Oli Askem God
4. ?Olsem wanem eksampol blong Deved we i askem Jeova blong lidim hem, i save givhan long yumi?
4 Deved, boe blong Jese, i wan yangfala yet taem hem i lanem blong gat strong bilif long Jeova. Hem i save se Jeova i ‘God ya we i laef.’ I gat sam taem long laef blong Deved we hem i bin haremsave se Jeova i stap lukaotgud long hem. From bilif mo lav we Deved i gat long ‘nem blong Jeova,’ hem i kilim i ded bigbigfala man ya Golaeat we i kam agensem hem wetem plante tul blong faet. (1 Samuel 17:26, 34-51) Be, taem Deved i win, hem i no kam flas. Hem i no ting se, afta long samting ya, Jeova bambae i blesem hem nomata wanem samting hem i mekem. Nogat. Long ol yia biaen, bakegen mo bakegen Deved i askem Jeova blong lidim hem taem hem i mas mekem wan disisen. (1 Samuel 23:2; 30:8; 2 Samuel 2:1; 5:19) Hem i prea oltaem se: “Hae God. Plis yu tijim mi long ol fasin blong yu, yu mekem mi mi savegud ol rod blong yu. Yu tijim mi, blong mi save folem trutok blong yu long olgeta laef blong mi, from we yu nomo yu God blong mi we yu stap sevem mi. Oltaem mi mi trastem yu.” (Ol Sam 25:4, 5) !Hemia wan gudfala eksampol we yumi save folem!
5, 6. ?Wanem sam samting we Jehosafat i mekem long laef blong hem blong traem faenem Jeova?
5 Taem King Jehosafat, namba faef king long laen blong Deved, i rul, ol ami blong tri kantri oli joen blong faet agensem Juda. Hemia i mekem se kantri we Jehosafat i rul long hem i fesem wan bigfala trabol. Ale, Jehosafat “i traehad blong faenem Jeova.” (2 Kronikel 20:1-3, NW) Hemia i no faswan taem we Jehosafat i bin traem blong faenem Jeova. Bifo finis, king ya i no joen wetem ol laen long not blong Isrel we oli lego Jeova blong mekem wosip long giaman god ya Bal. Hem i jusum blong obei long Jeova. (2 Kronikel 17:3, 4) ?Ale, naoia we Jehosafat i fesem wan bigfala trabol, hem i mekem wanem blong ‘traem faenem Jeova’?
6 Long taem ya blong bigfala trabol, Jehosafat i mekem wan prea long fes blong ol man Jerusalem. Long prea ya, hem i soemaot se hem i stap tingbaot bigfala paoa blong Jeova we i antap olgeta. Jeova i bin soemaot bigfala tingting blong hem taem hem i ronemaot ol man blong ol narafala kantri mo i givim graon we oli bin stap long hem i go long ol man Isrel. Jehosafat i tingting dip long samting ya. Ale, hem i luksave se i nidim help blong Jeova. (2 Kronikel 20:6-12) ?Olsem wanem long prea blong Jehosafat? ?Jeova i letem Jehosafat i faenem hem? Yes. Jeova i yusum wan Livaet, Jahasiel, blong talem long Jehosafat wanem we hem i mas mekem. Long nekis dei, Jeova i givhan long ol man blong Hem blong winim faet ya. (2 Kronikel 20:14-28) ?Taem yu yu prea long Jeova blong i lidim yu, olsem wanem yu save sua se hem bambae i letem yu yu faenem hem?
7. ?God i stap harem prea blong hu?
7 Jeova i no stap mekem i moa gud long wan man i bitim narafala man. Hem i singaot olgeta man blong olgeta kantri blong oli prea long hem. (Ol Sam 65:2; Ol Wok 10:34, 35) Hem i save wanem i stap long hat blong olgeta we oli prea long hem. Hem i promes se bambae hem i harem prea blong stret man. (Ol Proveb 15:29) Samfala we hem i letem olgeta oli faenem hem, fastaem oli no intres nating long hem. Be biaen, oli mekem tingting blong olgeta i stap daon mo oli lukaot hem blong i lidim olgeta. (Aesea 65:1) Hem i harem prea blong ol man tu we fastaem oli no bin folem loa blong hem, be biaen, oli tanem tingting mo mekem tingting blong olgeta i stap daon. (Ol Sam 32:5, 6; Ol Wok 3:19) Be, wan man we i no wantem obei long God long hat blong hem, ol prea blong hem oli blong nating nomo. (Mak 7:6, 7) Tingbaot sam man olsem.
Oli Askem Be Oli No Kasem
8. ?From wanem Jeova i no harem ol prea blong King Sol?
8 Taem King Sol i no moa obei long Jeova, profet Samuel i talem long hem se Jeova i no moa wantem hem. Ale, King Sol i girap, i bodaon long Jeova, i mekem wosip long hem. (1 Samuel 15:30, 31) Be Sol i no mekem samting ya from we hem i rili wantem obei long God, nogat. Hem i wantem soem hem nomo long fored blong ol man, blong olgeta oli tinghae long hem. Biaen, taem ol man Filistia oli faet agens long Isrel, Sol i prea long Jeova bakegen. Long taem ya, i olsem we hem i prea from we hem i mas, i no from we hem i wantem. Jeova i no ansa long prea ya. Nao Sol i girap, i go luk wan kleva, nating we hem i save se samting ya i agensem loa blong Jeova. (Dutronome 18:10-12; 1 Samuel 28:6, 7) Long sot mo klia fasin, 1 Kronikel 10:14 i talem long saed blong Sol se: “Hem i no luk long Hae God blong faenemaot rod long hem.” ?From wanem Baebol i talem olsem? From we ol prea blong Sol oli no stanap long bilif. Taswe, i olsem we hem i no prea nating.
9. ?Wanem i rong long fasin we Jedekia i mekem blong askem Jeova blong lidim hem?
9 Long sem fasin, taem gavman blong Juda i stap kam klosap long en blong rul blong hem, oli mekem plante prea mo oli askem long ol profet blong Jeova blong oli traem faenemaot rod blong hem. Be, ol man ya we oli stap talem se oli ona long Jeova, oli stap wosip long ol aedol. (Sefanaea 1:4-6) Nating we oli stap mekem olsem se oli prea long Jeova blong faenemaot rod blong hem, be long hat blong olgeta, oli no wantem folem rod we Jeova i talem. King Jedekia i plis long Jeremaea blong prea long Jeova blong faenemaot wanem rod we hem i mas folem. Be Jeova i talem finis long king ya wanem we hem i mas mekem. Hem i no wantem obei long tok blong Jeova from we hem i sot long bilif mo i fraet long ol man. Mo Jeova i no givim wan narafala ansa we i laenap wetem tingting blong king ya.—Jeremaea 21:1-12; 38:14-19.
10. ?Wanem i rong long fasin we Johanan i folem blong faenemaot rod blong Jeova, mo yumi lanem wanem from mastik blong hem?
10 Taem ol ami blong Babilon oli spolem Jerusalem mo oli karem plante man Jiu oli go kalabus, Johanan i mekemrere evri samting blong karem smol grup blong ol man Jiu we oli stap long Juda oli go long Ijip. Oli mekem plan finis, be bifo we oli aot, oli askem long Jeremaea blong prea from olgeta mo blong traem faenemaot rod blong Jeova. Sore tumas, Jeova i no givim ansa we oli wantem. Ale, oli gohed nomo blong folem plan we oli mekem finis. (Jeremaea 41:16–43:7) ?Yu yu lanem sam lesen from ol stori ya? ?Ol lesen ya oli save givhan long yu taem yu lukaot Jeova, blong hem bambae i letem yu yu faenem hem?
“Traehad Blong Faenemaot”
11. ?From wanem yumi mas folem tok blong Efesas 5:10 long laef blong yumi?
11 Blong wosip long trufala fasin, i no minim nomo se yumi givim laef blong yumi i go long Jeova, yumi tekem baptaes, yumi go long ol miting blong kongregesen, mo yumi joen long wok blong prij. Nogat. Evri samting long laef blong yumi i joen wetem wosip ya. Evri dei yumi kasem traem—sam oli haed, sam oli klia—be oli save mekem se yumi lusum rod nao yumi no moa fasgud long God. ?Yumi mekem wanem taem ol traem ya oli kasem yumi? Taem aposol Pol i raet i go long ol trufala Kristin long Efesas, hem i talem long olgeta se: “Yufala i mas traehad blong faenemaot ol fasin we Masta blong yumi i glad long hem.” (Efesas 5:10) I gat plante stori long Baebol we oli soemaot se i waes blong mekem samting ya.
12. ?From wanem Jeova i no glad taem Deved i karem Bokis we i saen blong promes blong God i go long Jerusalem?
12 King Deved i wantem karem Bokis we i saen blong promes blong God i go long Jerusalem. Bokis ya i bin kambak long Isrel bakegen, i bin stap plante yia long taon ya Kiriatsearim. Ale, Deved i miting wetem ol jif, mo i talem se ‘sipos Jeova i wantem, mo sipos ol man tu oli glad,’ bambae oli karem Bokis ya i go long Jerusalem. Be hem i no traehad blong faenemaot wanem we Jeova i wantem long saed ya. Sipos hem i bin faenemaot, oli no save karem Bokis ya long wan kat. God i bin talem klia se, ol Livaet long laen blong Kohat nomo oli mas karem Bokis ya long solda blong olgeta. Nating se oltaem Deved i stap prea long Jeova blong faenemaot rod blong Hem long plante samting, be long taem ya, hem i no faenemaot tingting blong Jeova stret. Ale, nogud frut i kamaot. Biaen, Deved i talem se: “God blong mifala, Jeova, i panisim mifala, from we mifala i no traehad blong faenemaot fasin we hem i bin talem long yumi blong folem oltaem.”—1 Kronikel 13:1-3; 15:11-13, NW; Namba 4:4-6, 15; 7:1-9.
13. ?Singsing we oli mekem taem oli karem Bokis ya i go long Jerusalem, i givim wanem woning long yumi?
13 Biaen, ol Livaet oli tekemaot Bokis ya long haos blong Obededom, mo oli karem i go long Jerusalem. Nao oli singim wan singsing we Deved i bin wokem. Wan haf blong singsing ya i olsem wan woning we i kamaot stret long hat blong Deved, i se: “Yumi mas luk long Hae God blong hem i givhan long yumi, mo oltaem, yumi mas mekem wosip long hem. . . Oltaem yumi mas tingbaot ol merikel we Hae God i mekem, mo ol rul blong hem we hem i givim blong jajem man.”—1 Kronikel 16:11, 12.
14. ?Yumi lanem wanem samting from gudfala eksampol blong Solomon mo from ol mastik we hem i mekem taem i kam olfala?
14 Bifo we Deved i ded, hem i givim advaes long pikinini blong hem Solomon, i se: “Sipos yu girap, yu lukaot [Jeova], bambae hem i glad blong tekem yu.” (1 Kronikel 28:9) Taem Solomon i sidaon long jea blong king, hem i go long taon ya Gibeon, ples we haos tapolen blong wosip i stap long hem, mo hem i givim wan sakrefaes i go long Jeova. Long ples ya, Jeova i talem long Solomon se: “Sipos yu wantem wan samting, bambae mi mi givim long yu.” Solomon i askem long Jeova blong givim waes mo save long hem, blong i rul long ol man Isrel long stret fasin. Jeova i givim plante waes mo save long Solomon, mo antap long hemia, hem i mekem we Solomon i kam rijman mo i gat gudnem long fes blong ol man. (2 Kronikel 1:3-12) Jeova i bin talem plan blong haos prea long Deved, mo Solomon i folem plan ya blong bildim wan nambawan haos. Be long saed blong mared blong hem, Solomon i no traem blong faenem Jeova. Solomon i maredem ol woman we oli no stap mekem wosip long Jeova. Taem hem i kam olfala, ol woman ya oli pulum hem i gowe long Jeova. (1 King 11:1-10) !Nomata we yumi gat haenem, yumi waes, mo yumi gat plante save, be i impoten blong “traehad blong faenemaot ol fasin we Masta blong yumi i glad long hem”!
15. ?Taem Sera blong Itiopia i kam blong faetem Juda, from wanem Asa i save prea wetem bilif se Jeova bambae i sevem Juda?
15 Blong soemaot se i impoten blong mekem samting ya, bambae yumi tokbaot King Asa, pikinini blong wan smol bubu blong Solomon. Leven yia afta we Asa i kam king, wan man Itiopia we nem blong hem Sera i kam wetem wan milian soldia blong hem, blong oli faet agensem Juda. ?Olsem wanem? ?Jeova i sevem Juda? Bitim 500 yia bifo, Jeova i bin talem klia wanem bambae i hapen sipos ol man blong hem oli lesin long hem mo obei long ol loa blong hem, mo wanem bambae i hapen sipos oli no lesin mo oli no obei. (Dutronome 28:1, 7, 15, 25) Taem Asa i jes kam king, hem i bin brekemdaon ol olta mo ol longlongfala ston we ol man oli stanemap blong mekem wosip long ol giaman god. Mo hem i talem long ol man se “oltaem oli mas lukaot Jeova.” Asa i no wet blong bigfala trabol i kamaot, nao i jes lukluk i go long Jeova. Nogat. Taswe, taem ol ami ya oli kam blong mekem faet, hem i save prea long Jeova wetem bilif, mo askem Jeova blong givhan long hem. ?Wanem i kamaot from? Jeova i mekem we hem i win fulwan long faet ya.—2 Kronikel 14:2-12, NW.
16, 17. (a) ?Nating se Asa i win long faet, Jeova i pulum hem blong tingbaot wanem? (b) ?Taem Asa i mekem wan krangke samting, hem i kasem wanem help, be hem i mekem wanem biaen? (c) ?Sipos yumi tingting dip long fasin blong Asa, olsem wanem samting ya i save givhan long yumi?
16 Be, nating se King Asa i win long faet ya, taem hem i stap kambak, Jeova i sanem Asaria i go blong mitim hem, i talem long hem se: “!King Asa, mo ol man Juda, mo ol man Benjamin! !Yufala evriwan i lesin long mi! Sipos yufala i stap obei long Hae God, hem bambae i save stap wetem yufala oltaem nomo. Sipos yufala i stap lukaot hem, bambae hem i save mekem we yufala i faenem hem, be sipos yufala i gowe long hem, bambae hem i lego yufala tu.” (2 Kronikel 15:2) Ale, Asa i wok strong moa nao blong leftemap trufala wosip. Be 24 yia biaen, wan narafala faet i kamaot, mo long taem ya, Asa i no traem blong faenem Jeova. Hem i no ridim Tok Blong God, mo hem i no tingbaot bigbigfala wok we Jeova i bin mekem blong winim ami blong Itiopia we i bin kam agensem Juda. Asa i mekem wan krangke samting, hem i joen wetem king blong Siria.—2 Kronikel 16:1-6.
17 Nao Jeova i sanem profet ya Hanani i go blong stretem Asa. Hanani i eksplenem tingting blong Jeova long bisnes ya. I no let tumas blong Asa i jenisim tingting blong hem. Be hem i mekem defren fasin. Hem i kam kros, nao i talem long ol man blong hem blong oli holem Hanani mo fasem hem long jen. (2 Kronikel 16:7-10) !Sore tumas long king ya! ?Be olsem wanem long yumi? Maet yumi stap lukaot God. ?Be, sipos yumi no wantem lesin long advaes no tok we i stretem yumi, yumi rili stap lukaot God? Ating wan elda i stap wari from we hem i luk se yumi stap joen long sam fasin blong wol ya, nao hem i yusum Baebol blong givim advaes long yumi long kaen fasin. ?Olsem wanem? ?Yumi talem tangkiu long hem from we i givhan long yumi blong save “ol fasin we Masta blong yumi i glad long hem”?
No Foget Blong Askem
18. ?Olsem wanem tok we Elihu i talem long Job i save givhan long yumi?
18 Nating se wan man i mekem wok blong Jeova longtaem finis i kam, be taem hem i kasem traem, hem i save foldaon. Job i kasem wan rabis sik, i lusum ol pikinini mo olting blong hem, mo sam fren blong hem oli talem ol giaman tok agensem hem. Long taem ya, Job i stat blong tingbaot hem wan nomo. Be Elihu i mekem hem i tingbaot se: “I no gat man i talem se: ‘?Wehem Hae God we i wokem mi?’” (Job 35:10, NW) Yes, Job i mas putum tingting blong hem i go long Jeova nomo, mo i mas tingbaot olsem wanem Jeova i stap lukluk trabol ya blong hem. Wetem tingting daon, Job i harem tok ya blong wekemap tingting blong hem. Mo eksampol blong hem i save givhan long yumi blong mekem i sem mak.
19. ?Plante taem ol man Isrel oli no mekem wanem?
19 Ol man Isrel oli save ol fasin we God i bin mekem long ol bubu blong olgeta. Be taem sam bigfala traem i kasem olgeta, oli fogetem ol fasin ya. (Jeremaea 2:5, 6, 8) Taem oli mas tekem sam disisen long laef blong olgeta, oli tingbaot blong mekem i gud long olgeta nomo. Oli no askem se, “?Wehem Jeova?”—Aesea 5:11, 12.
Gohed Blong Askem Se, “?Wehem Jeova?”
20, 21. (a) ?Hu olgeta tede we oli stap soemaot fasin blong Elisa taem oli lukaot Jeova blong i lidim olgeta? (b) ?Olsem wanem yumi save folem fasin blong bilif blong olgeta mo kasem gudfala frut from?
20 Long en blong wok we God i givim long Elaeja, hem i lego kot blong hem i foldaon long graon. Man blong wok blong hem, Elisa, i pikimap kot ya, i godaon long Reva Jodan, i kilim wota wetem kot ya, mo i askem se: “?Wehem Jeova, God blong Elaeja, wehem Hem?” (2 King 2:14, NW) Blong ansa long hem, Jeova i soemaot se spirit blong hem we i bin stap wetem Elaeja, bambae i stap wetem Elisa. ?Stori ya i lanem yumi long wanem samting?
21 Samting we i klosap sem mak i hapen long taem blong yumi. Sam tabu Kristin we oli bin lidim wok blong prij, oli ded. Biaen, olgeta we oli kasem bigfala wok ya blong lukaot long ol man blong God oli stadigud long Baebol mo oli prea long Jeova blong i lidim olgeta. Oli neva mestem blong askem kwestin ya, “?Wehem Jeova?” From samting ya, Jeova i stap gohed blong lidim ol man blong hem mo blong blesem wok blong olgeta. ?Olsem wanem? ?Yumi stap folem fasin ya blong bilif blong olgeta? (Hibrus 13:7) Sipos yes, bambae yumi stap klosap long ogenaesesen blong Jeova, lesin long advaes, mo joen fulwan long wok we Jisas Kraes i stap lidim.—Sekaraea 8:23.
?Bambae Yu Yu Ansa Olsem Wanem?
• ?Wanem tingting we yumi mas gat taem yumi askem, “?Wehem Jeova?”?
• ?Olsem wanem blong faenem ansa tede long kwestin ya, “?Wehem Jeova?”?
• ?From wanem God i no ansa long prea blong sam man we oli askem long Hem blong lidim olgeta?
• ?Wanem sam eksampol long Baebol we oli soem se yumi mas “traehad blong faenemaot ol fasin we Masta blong yumi i glad long hem”?
[Kwestin]
[Tok blong pija long pej 9]
?King Jehosafat i mekem wanem blong traem faenem Jeova?
[Tok blong pija long pej 10]
?From wanem Sol i go luk wan kleva?
[Tok blong pija long pej 12]
Yu mas stadi, prea, mo tingting dip blong faenemaot “wehem Jeova”